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Paris Design Week is running here in the capital in some 200 venues around the city. One of them, Le Grand Marché de Stalingrad, is brand new. We visit the 18th century listed building, formerly a post for collecting tax on goods shipped into Paris, and which has now reinvented itself as a hip space to discover design. It began by showcasing the work of a French collective producing made in France furniture and ceramics.

Interested in France? Let us be your ears and eyes on the ground. Hosts Sarah Elzas and Alison Hird take you beyond the baguette, to hear from the people who make France what it is, and who want to change it - to give you a fuller picture of this country at the heart of Europe. Spotlight on France is a weekly podcast, in English, from Radio France International, out Thursdays.